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The nation`s biggest livestock groups are concerned about what a potential rule from the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration might do to the marketplace and used a House Subcommittee hearing to say as much.

Aligning calving season more with Mother Nature than to usual seasonal market price trends is gaining popularity among cattle management experts and cattlemen.

The more efficient use of nitrogen fertilizer in agriculture has yielded positive results not just for water quality in the Mississippi River Basin, but for corn yields too, according to research out of the University of Illinois.

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Top officials of Germany-based Bayer AG took to the phones today to explain why they believe acquiring Monsanto in a deal worth $62 billion would be good for shareholders, farmers and a growing world population.

Monsanto@s board of directors has unanimously rejected a $62 billion buyout bid from Bayer AG, calling it "incomplete and financially inadequate."

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The National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) selected Chandler Goule as their new Chief Executive Officer.

President Obama will be talking up the Trans-Pacific Partnership in Vietnam and Japan this week with an eye toward keeping the pressure on Congress to approve the 12-nation trade pact.

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